Alternative Crafting

Magellan. So far...

Posted by cassandra , 2.22.2009 Sunday, February 22, 2009

The basic form for any of the Mini-Wheat. Tan and white felt, striped with sharpie to simulate the grainy texture. I want him to be snuggly when all is said and done. (Michael's has felt for $0.29/each)













His pipe cleaner expression. I need to get some large black buttons for his eyes. That will make all the difference.















The basic sketches for his little outfit. I haven't decided if he will end up as Magellan or Columbus. I think Columbus' hat will be easier. I need to collect some gold trim for his hat and coat. I'm going to make his coat and hat out of felt too. He's going to be a bed throw pillow, I think. Or maybe a couch pillow, so I want him to be soft and touchable. Nothing hard or pokey or stiff.














Getting ready to stitch up his outside. I think I'm going to stuff it with quilting batting, making him pretty soft and durable. I don't want him too thick, probably just about 3" or so. The thread is a champagne color (it's just what I already had on hand).


So that's where I'm at so far! I need a break.

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Decemberists II

Posted by cassandra , 1.26.2009 Monday, January 26, 2009

Bracelet. May or may not finish it. It's nautical.
Cell phone charm with a seahorse, a seashell and other oceanic items. I couldn't find a mermaid at my bead store. Then I found out iPhones don't have charm hooks. So I don't know if I'll send this or not.
This is going to be fun! It's a white Decemberists hoodie. It's going to say the Decemberists across the top (on the back) in old english and then there will be a short lyric, "the captain quailed & before us grew the angry jaws of a giant whale" with a cute non-threatening whale graphic. I googled for it. It would be copyright infringement if I intended to profit off it. I do not. The font is Old English Text MT and I think the size is 150pt.
My stencil for my makeup bag. From the Engine Driver, "there are powerlines in our bloodlines" (font: Christopherhand @ dafont.com), size 100?

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My Altoid Tin To Send Out, Bookmarks Received

Posted by cassandra , 1.10.2009 Saturday, January 10, 2009

I had some time this afternoon and worked on my Altoid tin a little. I'm pretty satisfied with how it's coming along so far. I'm working off the premise that my partner loves fairies. It's going to be whimsical and somehow love-y too. Lots of pink as you can tell!!

Inside the tin. I made little glitter letters that say, "believe". That is what's running diagonal. Those two magnets are a purple beaded heart and a red LOVE. The bottom of the tin has paper and some die cuts and fabric stuff. There's a ton more to go in the tin.
The outside. It's a Pan's Labyrinth-esque tree. It says, "believe in fairies" and there is a bunch of beaded stuff, grass, a purple flower/balloon, button fruits on the tree, etc etc. There's ribbon along the edge. I'm pretty proud that I thought to cut the ribbon shorter in height so that the tin will still close with ease. I'm going to draw a fairy of some sort on the tin somewhere.



Also! I received two bookmarks so far! One has a giraffe and birds (love both of those) and the other has all sweets with a pastel plaid background. The one on the bottom is a Blackberry inspired Dilbert comic from quite awhile ago that I made with packing tape and lots of love!

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Swap Angel

Posted by cassandra , 9.19.2008 Friday, September 19, 2008

I volunteered to be "an angel" for Craftster in a swap that is themed "Completely Random". That means partners exchange lists of 50 random things about themselves and their partner made a package for them based off that.

The girl I'm going to angel for (make her a package because her partner flaked without receiving a package in return) is a mom in NH. She's revealed the following facts.

• She likes to watch her husband/kids play video games (I'm guilty of this too!)
  
• She has the words to How Bizarre stuck in her head. You know that cheezeball 90s hit?
• She loves birdwatching and flowers
• She loves color--but is afraid to use it
• She works from home @ the computer
• She prefers pencils to pens

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